diff --git a/bin/network-down b/bin/network-down
index b08cacad..970cce7e 100755
--- a/bin/network-down
+++ b/bin/network-down
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ if [ "$rate" -gt 1024 ]; then
 	rate=`echo "$rate" | awk '{printf "%.1f", $1/1024}'`
 	unit="MB/s"
 fi
-printf "\005{= mw}v$rate $unit\005{-} "
+printf "v\005{=b mw}$rate\005{-}\005{= mw}$unit\005{-} "
diff --git a/bin/network-up b/bin/network-up
index 2f3e7f84..b3bddc54 100755
--- a/bin/network-up
+++ b/bin/network-up
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ if [ "$rate" -gt 1024 ]; then
 	rate=`echo "$rate" | awk '{printf "%.1f", $1/1024}'`
 	unit="MB/s"
 fi
-printf "\005{= mw}^$rate $unit\005{-} "
+printf "^\005{=b mw}$rate\005{-}\005{= mw}$unit\005{-} "